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#12. Post-Breakup Stuff (2)


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Published: 6.15.2026
Level 3   |   Time: 2:46
Accent: American

Ted confronts Robin when he realizes she still has some stuff from her past relationships.


triangle Directions 이용안내 Direcciones Instruções Інструкції


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

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  2. WATCH the VIDEO

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  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

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  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

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  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

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  2. VER el VIDEO

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  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

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  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

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  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

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  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

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triangle Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник


  • ☐ ☐ ☐ be robbed [exp] - have something stolen from you
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ swag [n] - free items or gifts
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ Papa gets swag. [exp] - I get free stuff.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ bummed [adj] - sad, disappointed
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ ridiculous [adj] - silly, absurd
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ get rid of [exp] - throw away, remove
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a cactus [n] - a spiny desert plant
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ with a heartbeat [exp] - living; having a heart; not a plant
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ hypocritical [adj] - saying one thing but doing the opposite
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ I don't like your chances. [exp] - I don't think you'll succeed.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ What's the matter? [exp] - What's wrong?
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an iguana [n] - a large lizard
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ poop [v] - defecate

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression



triangle Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Robin Ted
Robin Ted
  • Robin and Ted are dating.
  • In the previous episode, Robin asked Ted to get rid of stuff he had kept from past girlfriends.
  • Robin has five dogs.

  • For more background, watch the previous video:   Post-Breakup Stuff (1)

triangle Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. Ted thinks he has been robbed.
    True
    False

  2. Many of Ted's belongings were gifts from ex-girlfriends.
    True
    False

  3. Ted was sad at first when he got rid of his stuff.
    True
    False

  4. Robin claimed she doesn't keep anything from ex-boyfriends.
    True
    False

  5. Robin's dogs are all gifts from ex-boyfriends.
    True
    False

  6. Robin accuses Ted of being a hypocrite.
    True
    False

  7. Ted asks Robin to get rid of her dogs.
    True
    False

  8. Ted had to get rid of his pet iguana.
    True
    False

  9. Marshall agrees that Robin should get rid of her dogs.
    True
    False

  10. Lily says people can ask their partner to get rid of an iguana but not a dog.
    True
    False

Score:



triangle Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión Огляд лексики


Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?


  1. Oh, my God, you've been [ stolen from ]!

    [ robbed ]



  2. What can I say? Papa gets [ gifts, merchandise ].

    [ swag ]



  3. At first I was really [ sad ] about getting rid of all my stuff.

    [ bummed ]



  4. That's [absurd].

    [ ridiculous ]



  5. It was a little [ contradictory, unfair, a double-standard ] of you to make me [ throw away ] all my stuff.

    [ hypocritical ] [ get rid of ]



  6. I say we take it to the group, but I don't like your [ probability of success ].

    [ chances ]



triangle Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково



Sentence 1   (use past tense)

Ted / get / rid / all / his / stuff / ex-girlfriend / at / Robin / request


Ted got rid of all his stuff from ex-girlfriends at Robin's request.



Sentence 2

when / they / walk / Ted / apartment / Robin / think / he / rob


When they walk into Ted's apartment, Robin thinks (that) he has been robbed.



Sentence 3

it / turn / out / most / stuff / apartment / from / ex-girlfriend


It turns out (that) most of the stuff in his apartment was from ex-girlfriends.



Sentence 4

although / he / bummed / first / he / now / think / it / worth / it


Although he was bummed at first, he now thinks (that) it [is/was] worth it.



Sentence 5

then / Ted / ask / Robin / she / keep / anything / her / ex-boyfriend


Then Ted asks Robin [if/whether] she [keeps/has kept] anything from her ex-boyfriends.



Sentence 6

Robin / say / she / keep / nothing / but / dog / which / be / all / gift / ex-boyfriend


Robin says (that) she [keeps/has kept] nothing but her dogs, which [are/were] all gifts from [her] ex-boyfriends.



Sentence 7

Ted / immediate / point / out / Robin / be / hypocrite


Ted immediately points out (that) Robin is (being) a hypocrite.

Ted immediately points out (that) Robin is (being) hypocritical.



Sentence 8

Ted / then / demand / Robin / get / rid / dog


Ted then demands (that) Robin get rid of her dogs.



Sentence 9

Robin / argue / she / should / able / keep / anything / heartbeat


Robin argues (that) she should be able to keep anything with a heartbeat.



Sentence 10

Ted / want / take / it / group / again / believe / they / will / side / him


Ted wants to take it to the group again, believing (that) they will side with him.



Sentence 11

however / all / friend / agree / Ted / unreasonable


However, all [his/their] friends agree (that) Ted is being unreasonable.



triangle Listen & Repeat 듣고 따라하기 Ouça e repita Escuchar y repetir Слухайте і повторюйте


Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.


Clip 1

Oh, my God, you've been robbed!



Clip 2

What can I say? Papa gets swag.



Clip 3

And that should've been the end of it. But the next day...



Clip 4

You know, at first I was really bummed about getting rid of all my stuff.



Clip 5

But seeing how happy it makes you — totally worth it.



Clip 6

So, you never keep anything your ex-boyfriends gave you?



Clip 7

So, I had to get rid of everything from my past relationships.



Clip 8

You know how you said you come over to my apartment, and all you can see are my ex-girlfriends?



Clip 9

I thought you said you got rid of everything your ex-boyfriends gave you.



Clip 10

It was a little hypocritical of you to make me get rid of all my stuff.



Clip 11

Well, what do you want me to do, Ted? Get rid of my dogs?



Clip 12

I say we take it to the group, but I don't like your chances.



triangle Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. What does Robin discover about all of Ted's old belongings?
  2. Why does Ted think Robin is being hypocritical?
  3. Who did you agree with in the previous clip? Has this new information changed your opinion?
  4. How do you think Ted and Robin will resolve this disagreement? What would you do if you were Robin?
  5. Have you ever realized you were being a hypocrite about something? What happened?

triangle Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Robin: Oh, my God, you've been robbed!

Ted: Nope.

Robin: All that stuff was from old girlfriends? Don't you buy anything for yourself?

Ted: What can I say? Papa gets swag.

Ted: And that should've been the end of it. But the next day...


Ted: You know, at first I was really bummed about getting rid of all my stuff, but seeing how happy it makes you - totally worth it.

Ted: So, you never keep anything your ex-boyfriends gave you?

Robin: Nope. Well, except for my dogs.

Ted: So, I had to get rid of everything from my past relationships because you don't keep things from your past relationships except, uh, where are your five dogs from? Oh, that's right: your past relationships.

Robin: What's your point, Ted?

Ted: Well, you know how you said you come over to my apartment, and all you can see are my ex-girlfriends?

Robin: What, so when you look at my dogs, all you see is my ex-boyfriends?

Ted: I do now.

Robin: That's ridiculous.

Ted: I thought you said you got rid of everything your ex-boyfriends gave you.

Robin: Well, yeah, but not my dogs.

Ted: You said everything.

Robin: But not living things.

Ted: Tell that to the rare Bolivian cactus I threw away.

Robin: Things with a heartbeat can stay.

Ted: Enjoying this?

Robin: Pickles, go get your ball. Go get your ball.

Ted: Just admit it. It was a little hypocritical of you to make me get rid of all my stuff.

Robin: Well, what do you want me to do, Ted? Get rid of my dogs?

Ted: Yes. Yes. I want you to get rid of your dogs.

Robin: Um, no.

Ted: Really? Well, I say we take it to the group, but I don't like your chances.


Marshall: She's not getting rid of the dogs.

Lily: What's the matter with you?

Barney: Even I wouldn't do that.

Robin: Yes!

Lily: You can ask somebody to get rid of their iguana after it poops in your hair, but not their dog.

Marshall: I miss Jebediah.

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